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Improvement of Recommendations for Potash Fertilizer Use and Adjustment of Currently Used Soil Potassium Test Interpretation Classes in Intensive Cropping Systems

The project has the following goals: a) determine optimal potash fertilizer rates for major crops in crop rotation that have a high demand for potassium, b) evaluate the validity of currently used soil test potassium interpretation classes for proper assessment of plant potassium requirements, c) develop proposals to the Ministry of Agriculture on possible fine-tuning of current practice to develop K fertilizers recommendations and adjustment of currently used soil test potassium interpretation classes. Locations of field experiments - Lipetsk, Voronezh, Belgorod, and Rostov Oblasts (Russia). Soil types - Chernozem soils with medium and “increased” (higher than medium) content of routinely extracted potassium. Crops - sugar beet, grain maize, rapeseed, soybean.

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Overview Related

During the last 15 years in Russia, both nutrient rates and ratios were changed with a decline in the relative share of phosphate and potash fertilizers relative to N fertilizer. The adjustment of nutrient rates considering soil type, fertility status, and crop management factors has, thereby, high priority for research experiments in current cropping systems. With long-term removal of K exceeding K inputs negative K budgets are being observed in various agricultural zones of the country. Read more

Year of initiation:2012
Year of completion:2017
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Articles

31 Mar 2015

Results of research project on the improvement of K fertilizer recommendations in intensive cropping systems in Russia in 2014
Svetlana Ivanova, Vladimir Romanenkov and Lubov Nikitina

30 Apr 2014

First results of research project on the improvement of K fertilizer recommendations in intensive cropping systems in Russia
S.E. Ivanova, V.A. Romanenkov, L.V. Nikitina

18 Aug 2016

Эффективность калийных удобрений при интенсивных технологиях возделывания сельскохозяйственных культур в ЦФО
Иванова С.Е., Романенков В.А., Никитина Л.В.

15 Jan 2016

Результаты научного проекта по совершенствованию рекомендаций по внесению калийных удобрений в России в 2014
С.Е. Иванова, В.А. Романенков, Л.В. Никитина

27 May 2015

Агрономический проект по совершенствованию рекомендаций по внесению К удобрений в Росси
Иванова С.Е.

18 Mar 2014

Первые результаты научного проектапо совершенствованию рекомендаций по внесению калийных удобрений в России
С.Е. Иванова, В.А. Романенков, Л.В. Никитина

Interpretive Summary

2017

This 5-year project located in Lipetsk, Voronezh, Belgorod, and Rostov oblasts has a special focus on the efficiency of the direct and residual effects of potassium chloride (KCl) for three consecutive crops in rotation. The project includes short-term field experiments conducted on large industrial farms located in Central Russia (Lipetskaya, Voronezhskaya, Belgorodskaya oblast) and South of Russia (Rostovskaya oblast) on Chernozem soils.

2016
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This five year project located in Lipetsk, Voronezh, Belgorod, and Rostov oblasts has a special focus on the efficiency of the direct and residual effects of potassium chloride (KCl) for three subsequent crops in rotation. The single application of KCl was only applied to the first crop in rotation (sugar beet, grain maize, rapeseed, or soybean). For the next two crops in rotation the residual effect of KCl was studied.

2015

This three-year project has a special focus on optimization of K fertilizer application rates for crops with high response to K, such as sugar beet, maize, rapeseed, and soybean.

2014

This three-year project has a special focus on optimizing K fertilizer application rates for crops with high response to K, such as sugar beet, grain maize, rapeseed, and soybean.

2013

This 3-year project has a special focus on optimization of fertilizer K rates for crops with high response to K, such as sugar beet, grain maize, rape, and soybean.

2012

During the last 15 years in Russia, both nutrient use (rates) and ratios have changed with a larger decline in the share of P and K fertilizers relative to N fertilizer. The adjustment of nutrient rates considering soil type, fertility status and crop management factors has, therefore, gained high priority for research experiments in current cropping systems. With long-term removal of K exceeding K inputs, negative K budgets are being observed in various agricultural zones of the country.

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Updates & Reports

2013

Project Description

Publications

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Первые результаты научного проекта по совершенствованию рекомендаций по внесению калийных удобрений в России С.Е. Иванова, В.А. Романенков, Л.В. Никитина
EECA Newsletter
2014-1, page #2
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Результаты научного проекта по совершенствованию рекомендаций по внесению калийных удобрений в России в 2014 С.Е. Иванова, В.А. Романенков, Л.В. Никитина
EECA Newsletter
2015-4, page #2
K project in Russia

Project Leader

Romanenkov Vladimir, Pryanishnikov Research Institute for Agricultural Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Project Cooperators

Siskevich Yuriy, State center and stations for agrochemical service (SCAS) of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation in Lipetzkaya oblast
Korchagin Victor, State center and stations for agrochemical service (SCAS) of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation in Voronezhskaya oblast
Nazarenko Olga, State center and stations for agrochemical service (SCAS) of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation in Rostovskaya oblast
Lukin Sergey, Belgorod National State Research University

IPNI Staff

S. Ivanova

Location

Europe \ Eastern Europe \ RUS \ Lipetskaya

Europe \ Eastern Europe \ RUS \ Voronezhskaya

Europe \ Eastern Europe \ RUS \ Belgorodskaya

Europe \ Eastern Europe \ RUS \ Rostovskaya Oblast

Topics

4r rate

maize, rapeseed, soybean, sugarbeet

Potassium (K)